Reply to "Switcher Saturday: 2017-Mar-25"

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abbrail posted:
The Valley Railway is short on power this week so they have turned to their partners at the Akron Terminal Railroad for assistance. Here we see ABC 1501 delivering one of the Akron Terminal's MP15 locomotives to the Valley interchange track.
After dropping off Akron Terminal 104, the ABC will return to Barberton wth two recently emptied Morton Salt hoppers.

Here's a little gee-wiz trivia for you: The real ABC 1501 is an EMD SW1500, but not just any old SW1500, it is the oldest! It started life as EMDX 107 and was the first SW1500 built by EMD. 1501 is still in service today.
Time Line of ABC 1501:
EMDX 7 > IU 200 > IU 23 > Conrail 9601 > ABB 1501 > ABC 1501

I see Akron's JO tower lives on!

Check Summit Tower in New Jersey! Another tower built into the landscape.

http://www.trainweb.org/rahway...ange_summittower.htm

Lou N

3/25/175:46 PM

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